diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/filemetadata/MusicScanner.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/filemetadata/MusicScanner.cpp
index 854694ac9..51477dace 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/filemetadata/MusicScanner.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/filemetadata/MusicScanner.cpp
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ MusicScanner::postOps()
         m_scannedfiles.clear();
         m_filesToDelete.clear();
     }
-    else
-        cleanup();
+
+    cleanup();
 }